Pane-fastening.



A. G. PETERS.

PANE FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 29, 1916.

A. G. PETERS.

PANE FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 29. 19x6.

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' BANE-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 24, rear.

Application filed February 29, 1916. Serial No. 81,187.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, ARNOLD Gr. PETERS, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county ofHennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImpi-ovements in Pane-Fastenings; and I do hereby declare thefollowingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same. This invention relates to metallic building structures,and more especially to removable pane fastenings for window sashes,although it will be clear that the fastening device might be used forholding a panel in a door. In either case it is not essential that thesash frame or door frame beof metal.

The primary object of the present invention is to produce a metalmolding out into strips or sections, preferably four in number so as tosurround a rectangular pane or panel, and so shaped on the exposedportion as to correspond with the beading at one side of the rabbet inthe sash frame; and to provide the latter with a channel adjacent itsrabbet which is so shaped as to receive the remaining portion of thestrip or section and hold it removably therein. Further objects are toadapt this fastening to panels of different thickness, to provide meansfor lining the channel with metal, and to devise a system by which thestrips or sections can be inserted alongside the panel, in a directionat right angles thereto, or perhaps obliquely, and in any case thestrips will match each other accurately at the corners. These severalobjects are carried out in the manner hereinafter more fully describedand claimed, and as shown in the drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a sectional view through they lower rail of the frame of asash or door, the glass pane or wooden panel resting on the rabbettherein, and what might be called the simplest form of m fastenerinserted vertically alongside said panel; and Fig. 2 is a sectionaldetail of the fastener alone.

Fig. 8 is section similar to Fig. 1 showing the channel in the frame aslined, and Fig. i is a detail of the lining, while Fig. 5 is a. detailof what might be called a half lining. 1

"t 6 a section similar to 1 and Fig. '2 a sectional detail similar toFig. 2,

these views showing one form of my fastening device to be inserted inthe channel by a movement at right angles to the plane of the panel; andFig. 8 is a sectional view of a piece of the frame with a full lininginserted horizontally therein, while Fig. 9 is a detail of a halflining.

Fig.'10 is a diagrammatic sectional View similar to Fig. 1, and Fig. 11a detail similar to Fig. 2, showing respectively a frame and a fasteningdevice which latter is to be inserted obliquely into the channel.

Figs. 12 and 13 are details showing the shape in section of fasteningstrips or members which maybe employed where the panel is thinner thanthe width of the rabbet, and Fig. 14.- is adetail, showing the rib onthe opposite wall from that which carries it in all the preceding views.

Fig. 15 is a diagrammatic sectional detail of an amplified form offastening strip wherein both walls have ribs, and Fig. 16 is a detailshowing the shape of the lining which will be used therewith and alsoillustrative of the grooves in both walls f the channel.

Broadly speaking, my present invention is a removable fastener forholding a glass pane P in a sash frame F (or a panel within a doorframe) with the edge of the pane or panel resting on a rabbet R formedin the frame, onewall of the rabbet constituting one side of a bead orbeading B forming an integral part of the frame and usually at theinside of the same. It is immaterial to the present invention whetherthe frame be of wood or of metal, so long as it has the contourillustrated in the drawings, and of course it is immaterial whether itbe a sash frame or a door frame and whether the letter P designatesglass or wood. But I preferably make the fastening device in male andfemale members whereof the latter is in the shape of a channel C withinthe frame,

lined or not as preferred, while the male member is in the shape of ametal molding whose exterior or exposed portion M preferably complementsthe bead B in contour and whose remaining or concealed portion entersthe channel and removably engages the same in amanner which will be madeclear. Said channel may be upright or vertical and alongside the planeof the panel P as perhaps best seen in Fig. 3, or it may he horizontalas best seen in Fig. 6, or it might be oblique as best seen in Fig. 10.The molding is cut into strips or members substantially corresponding inlength with the four sides of the opening which is to be closed-by thepanel, and the strips engage each other at the corners of said openingin a manner yet to be explained. It will therefore be quite obvious thatthe size of the openingand hence the size of the panel is immaterial,because the strips can be cut in corresponding lengths; and furthermorethe exact dimensions and in fact the exact shape of parts is notnecessary-to the gist of the present invention. Y

In Figs. 1 and 2 is shown what might be called the simplest type of myinvention. I have used the letters 0 and I in Fig. 1 to designate theouter and inner faces of the frame F, which will leave the bead Bthereof on the inside. On the assumption that the panel P stands atabout the center of the thickness of the frame F as shown, the innerwall of the rabbet R constitutes the outer face of the bead B and thebottom wall of said rabbet R is continued across the radially inner edgeof the frame F to its outer face 0. In this bottom wall is cut theupright channel C, the mouth of which (numbered 1 in Fig. 6) is hereclosed by the molding which stands therein. The outer wall 2 of thechannel has a longitudinal groove 3 about Where shown, and the innerwall 4 of the channel is united by a bend 5 at its lower edge with-thecorresponding inner edge of the outer wall 2. This channel as a wholeconstitutes the female member of the fastening device. The male memberthereof is in place in Fig. 1, but is shown removed in Fig. 2. Itsexposed portion may be broadly designated by the reference letter M as amolding which complements the beading B; and it is made of a continuousI strip of spring metal bent into the shape the upper edge of theportion 14 the metal herein shown. Beginning at one edge 10, theQstripis formed into a lip 11, then bent at about right angles at 18 into anouter wall 12 which has a rib 13 at about the midlength thereof adaptedto enter the groove by a bend 15 with the inner wall 14 which is flatand stands normally parallel with the outer wall as shown in full lines.At 17 the inner wall makes a slight angle so that the upper portion 14'of this wall ordinarily inclined inward beyond a vertical. Fromiscarried over in any fancifulform to and into the molding M, and fromthe lower edge of the latter the metal is bent inward into a lip 19underlying the first-named lip 11.

The parts are assembled by putting the lower edge of the panel P intothe rabbet R,

then bringing the walls 14, 14'- of the member M up against the outerface of the panel P, and moving itdownward so that the bend 15 firstenters the open mouth of the channel, the rib l3 and its wall are sprunginward to the position shown in dotted lines, and when the bend 15contacts with the bend 5 the parts spring into the position shown inFig. 1. I may here say that in order to remove this member so as to'takethe panel out of the frame, it is only necessary to insert some sharpintrument such as a screw-driver or glaziers knife between the lip 19and the shoulder at the upper edge of the frame F, as shown by thearrows in Figs. 1 and 2, press it inward untilthe outer wall l2'isdeflected or sprung to the position shown in dotted lines, and twist theblade to draw the member out of the channel which can readily beaccomplished, now that the rib is disengaged from the groove.

Figs. 3, 4and 5 are employed to'show lining. The frame F in Fig. 1mightbe of metal, as in fact might be the frame F of Fig. 3 although inthe last view I have shown it as of wood and in section. It is preciselythe same in section as already described, excepting that the channel Cis a little wider and has no groove 3. In Fig. 4 is shown a metalliclining for this channel. This lining .per edge of the frame F by'anysuitable means as by tacks or screws passing through the holes showntherein. The lining in Fig. 5 need hardly be described in detail,

. further than to say that it is. exactly a counterpart of the outerportion of the lining shown in Fig. 4, or it is cut through so as toleave only a part of the bend at the bottom as indicated at 25'. As theinner wall 24 of the lining in Fig. 4 is flat and the inner wall of thechannel C is flat, it is quite obvious that the inner wall of the liningmight be omitted unless it were desired to y line the entire channel soas to make it wa- V 3, and the lower edge of this wall is unitedter-proof. The male member is inserted into a channel provided witheither of these linings, and removed therefrom, in the manner alreadydescribed- The embodiment of my idea shown in Figs. 6 to 9 inclusivecontemplates the insertion of the male member horizontally with respectto an upright frame and panel. As the detailed construction of parts isotherwise almost identical with that already described, it will not benecessary to repeat it or to confuse the views with reference numeralsother than as applied to points of difference. In Figs. 6 and 8 thechannel is cut horizontally into the frame, andwhat would be its outerwall 2 in Fig. 1 because that wall was disposed toward the outsidelower) edge of the frame bar here shown in section. The wall 4 is againflat, but instead of leading to the rabbet B it extends to the outerface 0 of the frame F. The member shown in Fig. 7 is in many respectsidentical with that shown in Fig. 2. The angle 17 is here reversed, orin other words the wall 14" is bent inward toward the member rather thanoutward as seen in Fig. 2.

This carries the molding M a little farther inward and causes the lip 19to normally stand slightly remote from the inner lip 11. In theinsertion of the member shown in Fig. 2, pressure of the wall 14 againstthe panel P will flatten 'out the angle 17', and when the parts are allassembled as seen in Fig. 1 the pane or panel will be held close againstthe bead B. Insertion of the member shown in Fig. 7 into the channel ofFig. 6 also flattens out the angle 17 and puts the wall 14 into theplane of the wall 14, and the lip 19 comes against the panel P so thatthe latter is also held close against the beading B. Thus it will beseen that the angles 17 and 17 in the two members shown in Figs. 2 and 7while reversed, perform the same function of holding the contact face ofthe male member close against the panel and the latter close against thebeading. A full lining 20 is shown in Fig. 8, which differs only fromthat shown in Fig. 4 in that it here omits the angle 27 i and thereforeits flat wall 24 is wider than its opposite wall as the shape of thechannel requires. The half lining 21 shown in Fig. 9 is almostexactlyidentical with the half lining shown 1n Fig. 5, but in any case where ahalf lining is used I prefer that it always have that wall which isrooved, and my reason for this preference is because it is easier tomake the groove in the lining and then insert it than it is to form thegroove in one wall of the channel in the frame. The parts in thisembodiment of my invention are assembled in the same manner as abovedescribed excepting that the male member is inserted horizontally. Toseparate the members, a blade is inserted along the line indicated bythe arrow in Fig. 6; itpasses behind the lip 19 and bears against theribbed wall, and the latter is deflected inward and the male memberremoved in the same manner as hereinbefore described and as shown "-indotted lines in Fig. 2.

The embodiment of my invention shown' in Figs. 10 and 11 difiers fromeither of those hereinbefore described only in that the male member isinserted into the female member or channel in an oblique direction or atabout an angle of 45 to either the vertical or horizontal. For thepurpose again of avoiding confusion, I will not repeat the descriptionor amplify the reference numerals in these views. In fact, in additionto the reference letters I need but state that the lower wall of thechannel G is here shown at 2 provided with a groove 3, and the yieldingwall 12 of the member M has the rib 13. If so, the tool must be insertedabout as indicated by the arrow. However, it is possible to reverse thisarrangement and have the groove and rib at the upper side of thechannelherein shown, as will be explained in the next paragraph. I

'Amplifications of this idea are illustrated in Figs. 12 to 16. In Fig.12 the walls 14 and 14 still stand at a slight angle to each other asseen in Fig. 2, but at their point of juncture an offset or shoulder 30is provided. With this type of male member it is obvious that a thinnerpanel P could be clamped within the rabbet in the frame.

In Fig. 13 a similar offset or shoulder 31.

is shown as formed within the lip 19' of nel or the lining would have tobe made accordingly. To insert a male member of this type would requirethat the wall 34 spring inward as the rib moves into the channel, and itmight not be possible always to remove this member in the mannerheretofore described. Fig. 15 shows an embodiment in which ribs 35 areformed on both walls of themale member, and the channel would have tohave grooves in both its walls to correspond, or if lined the liningshown in Fig. 16 would have to have grooves as seen at 36. Here again itmight be diflieult to remove the male members I might say in thisconnection, however, that while I have consistently shown the ribs andgrooves as not very pronounced, they could be made larger, rounding orangular, it is not impossible that the rib and groove on any one wallmight be duplicated, and

elements or agents to hold the parts in place in a water-proofcondition, but yet it is possible that either the channel or the malemember could be painted or provided with an adhesive before they wereengaged with each other; and in some cases if this were employed itmight be thought that the adhesive would take the place of the rib andmade will cause it to expand when it comes p at the corners of thepanel.

to rest Within the channel, and its walls will therefore contact closelywith the walls of the channel or the lining of the latter, and inaddition to this fact of course the strips of molding will be to acertain extent held in place where they meet each other At the cornersof each panel where the sections or strips of the male member come intocontact with each other, they must be mitered on the proper angle aswell known to the skilled artisan in this line. quadrilateral panel andwith the construction shown in Fig. 6, this miter would be strictly at a45 angle, and for the construction shown at Fig. this miter must be suchas will permit the ends of the fourth .strip to pass into place afterthe others are all in position. With the construction shown in Fig. 1,however, three strips may be put into place with comparative ease butthe ends of the last strip will be cut oil on irregular lines so thattheywill fit For a closely over and slide along the exposed ornamentalfaces of the two strips adjacent.

What I claim is: 4 1. The herein described pane fastening composed of astrip of spring metal formed near one edge into a molding, extendingthence into a wall, the remote edge of said wall being united with asecond wall spaced from the first, and a rib on said second wallprojecting away from the first wall, the whole for use substantially asdescribed.

2. The herein described pane fastening composed of a strip of springmetal formed at one edge with a lip, extending thence into a molding,the remote edge of the. molding extending into a wall, the remote edgeof said wall united with a second wall spaced from the first and havinga rib and the edge of the ribbed wall formed into a second lip overlyingthe lip first named, the whole for use substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. ARNOLD G. PETERS. Witnesses:

L. O. RUE, THos. STANDLFORD.

